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[SomeGit]

The same will probably happen with EGS once Fortnite declines, turns out you need do something more than just moneyhatting devs over and over to build a platform.

 

[SirKicksalot]

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Lol i nearly bought the stadia
i still want that sushi controller

I was going to buy it at launch but my data caps made it non-viable. I switched ISPs once a competitor came to market, no data caps but by that time, Stadia was already on the slow march to death.

 

[A.Romero]

So if I understand correctly they will refund all money spent on games? That'd be the right thing to do.

Fat Frog on suicide watch. Please remember there are reasons to live such as XCloud, GFN and PSNow.

 

[WoodyStare]

Currently on the Stadia app.

 

[German Hops]

i still want that sushi controller

The funny thing is, it's actually a solid controller.
On par with 8bitdo products.

 

[Spukc]

I was going to buy it at launch but my data caps made it non-viable. I switched ISPs once a competitor came to market, no data caps but by that time, Stadia was already on the slow march to death.

looking for that controller NGL

 

[RoadHazard]

So if I understand correctly they will refund all money spent on games? That'd be the right thing to do.

Fat Frog on suicide watch. Please remember there are reasons to live such as XCloud, GFN and PSNow.

PSNow is also dead.

(But was replaced with something better.)

 

[SomeGit]

The funny thing is, it's actually a solid controller.
On par with 8bitdo products.

It would be good if it wasn’t impossible to open, if the battery dies it’s gone.

 

[DaGwaphics]

What does "get" mean in this context? Were they "free" on Stadia Pro?

I think they were having to pay developers to develop a build for the platform. Which isn't unheard of at all for a new platform with a small user base, I think I remember reading where MS was spending a lot in the OG Xbox days to get games on there at first.

I'm not surprised about them pulling the plug on the public facing service, but I didn't think it would come this soon. Not with them launching in different regions, etc. I wonder if they will keep the Stadia platform running and upgraded it as needed in order to provide streaming as a backend service to publishers/developers for things like the Switch versions of modern games, etc. ?

 

[Mowcno]

Credit where it's due. Refunding all hardware and software ever bought is more than I would have expected.

 

[Sub_Level]

Stadia bros…this was supposed to be our year…

 

[jorgejjvr]

I get a refund on the controller? Nice

 

[hemo memo]

That's not a gaming service. And did it cost them as much? Not sure. But yes, it was definitely one of their biggest failures.

Google+ had gaming?

I thought in general.

 

[Topher]

Maybe this will help Larian get Baldur's Gate 3 finished sooner.

 

[ShirAhava]

Goodnight Sweet Prince

 

[Interfectum]

Fat Frog

 

[German Hops]

Fat Frog comes back when?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I thought in general.

If we're talking that level, we will probably need to throw Madoff into the mix. $65 billion there.

Fat Frog

Fat Frog comes back when?

If your employer stops paying, do you still keep working?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Where's your God now streaming stans?

 

[H4ze]

It seemed inevitable from the start. But I still got it day one because I always had a special place for weird stuff like Stadia, I never bought a single game tho lol.

 

[Zones]

Google is closing shops after wasting billions of dollars.
Facebook is losing $10 billions yearly on their (VR) gaming endeavor.
Amazon hasn't had a major hit despite multiple acquisitions and massive investments in gaming.
Microsoft, after being in the industry for more than 20 years, had to spend over $75 billion just to remain competitive.

So can't we all agree that only Sony and Nintendo know what the heck they are doing?

P.S. This comment from Phill Spencer sounds even funnier today...

"When you talk about Nintendo and Sony, we have a ton of respect for them, but we see Amazon and Google as the main competitors going forward."

 

[A.Romero]

PSNow is also dead.

(But was replaced with something better.)

Right, can't remember the new name.

I wonder where will Harrison land...

 

[hemo memo]

Where's your God now streaming stans?

Yeah we warn them. Many many many times.

 

[Hugare]

They are refunding all the games and addons bought since launch?! Oh wow

Luckily, Google has some deep pockets

Lots of people played some games for free then. They got the last laugh.

 

[SSfox]

And those were who Phil considers to be their real competitors, right?

lol Google is such a failure. Imagine having unlimited funds and still unable to make a single game let alone console.

Because again it's not just about money, it's also about knowledge and passion. Those joke companies that think they can just come into the industry like that like Netflix and make their place, lmao rofl, i mean you're welcome if you have something truthful and worthy to bring in the gaming land, but if you're just here just to be there for money sucking then my message is GTFO, and for Stadia it's nice good riddance imo.

 

[Spukc]

They are refunding all the games and addons bought since launch?! Oh wow

Luckily, Google has some deep pockets

Lots of people played some games for free then. They got the last laugh.

they got fuck all tho it's gone and they played the shitty version

 

[SomeGit]

Google is closing shops after wasting billions of dollars.
Facebook is losing $10 billions yearly on their (VR) gaming endeavor.
Amazon hasn't had a major hit despite multiple acquisitions and massive investments in gaming.
Microsoft, after being in the industry for more than 20 years, had to spend over $75 billion just to remain competitive.

So can't we all agree that only Sony and Nintendo know what the heck they are doing?

P.S. This comment from Phill Spencer sounds even funnier today...

"When you talk about Nintendo and Sony, we have a ton of respect for them, but we see Amazon and Google as the main competitors going forward."

I think that quote is still valid, Google failed but there was reason for MS to be scared if it had not.

The mega purchases likely were greenling because of Google and Amazon.

 

[Azelover]

Google's approach of the market was backwards..

Yes, get the tech ready, but also have the games. Not just multiplatform titles, but things made from the ground up for your technology. It has to have that day one..

 

[RaZoR No1]

Lol i nearly bought the stadia
i still want that sushi controller

look how fucking sexy

I still have the white one unused here (just opened to check it)
I bought it as a spare controller when it was on sale for 18€

TBH not bad for a free controller now.
Really really generous from Google to refund everything

 

[DaGwaphics]

Google's approach of the market was backwards..

Yes, get the tech ready, but also have the games. Not just multiplatform titles, but things made from the ground up for your technology. It has to have that day one..

The free tier was probably a big mistake too. Likely one of the things that lead them to set prices as high as they did for software that was available everywhere else for less. I guess the big Fifa cloud exclusive didn't last for long.

 

[jshackles]

Wonder if I'll get refunded for the couple of months I was subscribed to Pro.

 

[Zephir]

 

[GhostOfTsu]

And those were who Phil considered to be their real competitors, right?

Yep, Onlive is dead, PS Now is dead, Stadia is dead but Google and Amazon are the real competitors in the gaming industry, not Playstation or Nintendo

Some people still repeat that horseshit in acquisitions threads

 

[Nautilus]

That took longer than I expected, to be honest.


Where is that quote from google saying that they wouldn't abandon Stadia as they did for their other services?

 

[Skyfox]

So how do I hack the controllers to use on my steam deck? Or any other way to use them?

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Shite news for those who enjoyed it. I don’t think they ever had that must have content you need to set yourself apart from the others, perhaps taking a while longer to build those games before launching they might of been better off.

A friend of mine still has onlive box and controller.

 

[badblue]

This is a sad day of gaming history.

 

[MrMephistoX]

Despite its flaws, Wii U is pretty awesome as a homebrew machine and a Xenoblade X machine. I can't think of one redeeming quality about stadia.

It WAS until Steam Deck came out. Don’t get me wrong home brew is fun to tinker with but when you can just download emulators and they work without hacking on Steamdeck it’s a superior experience…only thing holding Steam Deck back is the lack of dock availability to easily play on TV without streaming or a long hdmi cord at the moment.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Wonder if I'll get refunded for the couple of months I was subscribed to Pro.

Only seems to apply to hardware and game sales from what I am reading from Phil Harrison's post

We will be refunding all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store, and all game and add-on content purchases made through the Stadia store.

A message about Stadia and our long term streaming strategy

We’ve made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service.

blog.google

 

[Draugoth]

Rockstar thanks Google for the money

But Cloud is the future they said?

Was

 

[killatopak]

Didn’t they just release a new UI?

lol

 

[Fake]

World

FTFY

 

[German Hops]

Jason Schreier is full of shit.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Fucking lol.

 

[T-Cake]

Shucks, I was going to buy a load of games, play them and get all my money back but they shut the store down.

 

[clem84]

Did I just read that correctly? They will refund all hardware and software purchased during the service's life cycle?

I never expected that in a million years. Good on them. I'm assuming developers and publishers will keep the money they made? Will these come out of the refunds?

Google is shutting down Stadia

Google’s cloud gaming service launched three years ago.

www.theverge.com

 

[Puscifer]

Damn, I need to cop a stadia controller while I can. It's such a great feeling controller!

 

[chromhound]

never invest in Google

 

[Maiden Voyage]